Mycoplasma Flashcards
lack a cell wall, smallest cell size (0.22 um filter)
mycoplasma
Mycoplasma class
Mollicutes
Mollicutes are divided into four groups ?
1- Pneumoniae, 2-Hominis, 3-Anaeroplasma, 4-Spiroplasma.
The main species cluster of Mycoplasma, infect ruminants Mycoides cluster found in
Spiroplasma highly pathogenic.
Mycoplasma mycoides cantain
small colony
genera Mycoplasma :
1-Ureaplasma, 2-Acholeplasma
Resists drugs acting on cell wall like penicillin & Fastidious
Mycoplasma
M. mycoides subsp. ……… can cause septicemia
capri
Localized Infections——– Respiratory Tract
septicemia
Pleuropneumonia types
(CBPP,CCPP)
in cattle ——– caused by M.mycoides .
CBPP
in sheep——— caused by M.capripneumoniae.
CCPP
causes mastitis
M.bovis
causes Contagious agalactia.
M. agalactiae
Chlamydiae important diseases is
ocular, genital
depends on host cells for multiplication
Chlamydiae.
Chlamydiaceae two genera
Chlamydia & Chlamydophila
Important genus Chlamydia is
C. trachomatis
Important genus Chlamydophila is
C. abortus
causes enzootic abortion of ewes .
C. abortus
What not grow in laboratory media
Chlamydiae & rektissia .
vector-borne parasites.
Anaplasmataceae
the most prevalent tick-borne pathogen of livestock
A. marginale
